Sunday 23 October 2016

Equestrian Statuettes of Louis XIII and Henry IV by Hubert Le Seuer

 
Bronze Equestrian Statuette of Louis XIII (1601 - 1643).
aged between 15 and 20 
by Hubert le Seuer
c.1615 - 20.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
 
Height 82 cms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This statuette cast in Paris before Le Seuer travelled to England is related to Le Seuers statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square and to another of Henri IV in the Vand A - possibly its pendant.
 
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Bronze Equestrian Statuette of Henri IV.
by Hubert le Seuer.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
 
Height 95cms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Equestrian Statues of Louis XIII and Henry IV by Hubert Le Seuer

 
Bronze Equestrian Statue of Louis XIII (1601 - 1643).
aged between 15 and 20 
by Hubert le Seuer
c.1615 - 20.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
 
Height 82 cms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This statuette cast in Paris before Le Seuer travelled to England is related to Le Seuers statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square and to another of Henri IV in the Vand A - possibly its pendant.
 
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Bronze Equestrian Statue of Henri IV.
by Hubert le Seuer.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
 
Height 95cms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Equestrian Statuettes of Louis XIII and Henry IV by Hubert Le Seuer

 
Bronze Equestrian Statuette of Louis XIII (1601 - 1643).
aged between 15 and 20 
by Hubert le Seuer
c.1615 - 20.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
 
Height 82 cms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This statuette cast in Paris before Le Seuer travelled to England is related to Le Seuers statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square and to another of Henri IV in the Vand A - possibly its pendant.
 
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Bronze Equestrian Statuette of Henri IV.
by Hubert le Seuer.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
 
Height 95cms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Henri IV on the Pont Neuf, Paris done

 
 
The Bronze Equestrian Statue of Henri IV (1553 - 1610).
on the Pont Neuf, Paris.
 
Originally commissioned from Giamblogna by
Maria di Medici the wife of Henri IV and Regent of France unveiled 3 August 1613.
 
and completed by Pietro Tacca
the Slaves by Pietro Francavilla
Erected 1618.
Destroyed in the revolution in 1792
 
 

 
Mid 19th Century photograph of the 1818 replacement statue
by Francois Frederic Lemot of Henri IV.
 
 
Pont Neuf (New Bridge) Paris.
begun by Guillaume Marchand and finished by Jaques Androuet de Cerceau
 
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Crop from the  above engraving.
 
 
 
 



 
 
 Engraving by P Brissart
 
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Etching by Jaques Callot c.1629
 
 
View of Paris from the Pont Neuf; a statue of Henri IV beyond a small building on the bridge near the centre foreground, figures, including one on horseback at r, the river with buildings to left and right beyond Pen and brown ink, touched with brown wash
 
Drawing by Israel Sylvestre
177 x 430 mm.
British Museum.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Image result for Embarras de Paris Pont Neuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crop from above
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Image result for Pont Neuf Paris gravure
 
Isreal Silvestre.
 
View of the Pont-Neuf on the Seine in Paris.  c.1750  Engraving
 
 
Anon. Pub Georg Merz
 Augsburg c. 1740 - 60.
169 x 200 mm
British Museum 
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Pont Neuf with the statue of Henri IV
From the Original birds Eye View Map by Turgot.
 
 
Birds Eye view by Matthias Merrian
1618.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pont Neuf witrh the statue of Henri IV 
Nicolas Jean Baptist Raguenet
 
 
 Image result for Embarras de Paris Pont Neuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jean - Baptiste Lallemand
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Royal Collection.